Improvement in peaks or brims for hats or caps



0. G. BRADY. Peek or Brim for Hats or Caps.

No. 222,448. Patented Dec. 9,1879.

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IMPROVEMENT IfNPEAKS OR BRIMS FOR HATS OR CAP-S'.

, Specification forming part ofLettel-s Patent No. 222,448, datedDecember 9, 1879; application filed October 15, 1879.

. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OLIVER G. BRADY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peaks or Brims for Hats or Gaps, of

y which the following is a specification.

` Myinvention relates most particularly to caps or hats to be worn by railroad train-men, firemen, and others who are compelled to face strong Winds or currents of air loaded with dust, sparks, or snow; and it consists in a peak or brim made Wholly orin part of glass,

mica, or other transparent material.

The object of my invention is to provide a peak that will protectthe face and eyes of the wearer againstinjury from strong currents of air, and the dust and particles borne by the same, and at the same time not offer any material obstruction to his vision.`

f In carrying out my invention I Amay construct the peak entirely Vot" mica, glass, or other similar transparent material.` Such a peak is with greater distinctncss.`

:In some cases the peak may be made of leather or other opaque material, and plates or panes of glass, mica, or other transparent substance be set in openingscut through the Asame at points corresponding to the position `jof the wearers eyes. y "this manner are illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the former showing two elliptical windows, a. il@ a,set in a peak, A, ofopaque material, and t the latter an opaque peak provided with an y elongatedwindow. "I prefer the construction shown in Fig. 2, for the reason that the peak, as a whole, is stronger and the `smaller windows less liable to be broken, while the range Peaks constructed in of vision is not materially limited.

A peak constructed according to my inventhe brim at the back, provided with transparent windows a a. rIhe hat thus provided may be turned and worn hind part before, when the exigencies of the case demand it, and the wider portionA of the brim will then protect the face, While the vision is not obstructed.

Where the peak is made wholly of trans parent material-as mica, for instance-it may be bound at the edge with leather, metal,` or other material, as shown at b; and where windows/are inserted they may be secured in any well-known manner. Where tw thicknesses of leather, bound at the edges, are employed to form the peak, the transparent plate or pane may 4be set between them; or the panes may be provided with frames, or be set in rabbets recessed into the material of the peak or brim.

In some cases I contemplate employing lenses for windows, and especially for nearsighted persons, where magnifying-lenses may be employed to good advantage. The windows a a in Fig. 2 may be considered as representin g either plain windows or magnifyinglenses.

I am fully aware that masks or hoods to be drawn over .the face have been provided with windows, and that windows have been placed in the flexible crown of a hat or head-coverin g, which might be brought before the eyes by pulling the crown down over the face; but these do not answer the purpose contemplated by my invention. They shroud and mufe the face, tend to impede respiration, are hot and uncomfortable, and do not serve the purpose of a hat or cap for common wear. My improved peak may be attached `to and form a part of the ordinary cap, and the cap sopro-` vided may be worn in the ordinary way; but when the head is bent forward so that the peak will shield the face to a degree, the wearer may obtain a view through the peak by simply rolling the eyes upward.

I am also aware that it is old to attach an 3. A peak or brim for a-cap or hat,p1ovded eyeglass or glasses by its frame or stem to a with magnifying-lenses set into the same, sub- .hat or cap, and I make no claim to this; but stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

What l do claim is- In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 1. Apeakor brim fora cap or hat, composed my name in the presence of two subscribing wholly or in part of transparent material, subwitnesscs. stantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

2. A peak or brim for a cap or hat, oon- OLIVER G. BRADY. strueted of opaque or nontransparent matel rial, and provided with a transparent window Witnesses: or Windows set into the same, substantially as HENRY CONNETT, shown, for the purposes set forth. ARTHUR C. FRASER. 

